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[Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert syndrome].
Acta medica portuguesa - 1 Jan 2000
Costa Elísio, Vieira Emilia, Cleto Esmeralda, Cabeda José M, Pinho Luciana, Coimbra Eduarda, Dos Santos Rosário, Barbot José
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of abnormal UDP-glucoronosyltransferase-1 (UGT1A1) gene variant, on the incidence and severity of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient newborns. The A(TA)nTAA region in the promoter of the UGT1A1 gene was analysed in 20 children with G6PD deficiency. Fourteen of these children had the African type variant (G6PDA-) and...
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